03/02/07: Friday Night's Absurd News

After making their debut against "Los Luchas" in San Diego last week, La Resistance has already been removed from the ECW roster page on WWE.com. Talk about here today, gone tomorrow! I guess squashing a couple of midgets doesn't get you as much of a push as it used to. (411)

Speaking of New York, it seems the audience in the Hammerstein Ballroom was just a little TOO hardcore for the "new ECW." One Night Stand has been moved to the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida and the date of the show has also been changed from June 10th to June 3rd. (PWI)

Despite the fact that WSX has already been removed from the programme guide/cable lineup in most markets, Big Vision Entertainment continues to insist that the status of the show is up in the air. They've now stated they will release an "official statement" on the future of WSX tomorrow. MTV itself remains in a state of chaos right now, with 250 people fired last week and another 250 people fired from the London branch this week. Several divisions have also been shut down. (411)

It would be hard for any of this news to top the absurdity of this item though - WWE is looking to establish SEPERATE PROMOTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. If it did come to pass then a lot of new wrestlers would of course be hired, as there would be a minimum of five brands. They are looking at promoting each market using both established WWE stars and top babyfaces based on ethnic backgrounds. Carlito, Mistico and Mysterio would be assigned to the Hispanic brand as top stars, they would look for a top Asian and Australian babyface, and guys like Regal, Finlay, Harry Smith and Paul Burchill could be assigned major roles in Europe. They would also likely raid the local markets in Japan and Mexico, whilst bringing back more of the '80s and '90s stars to make up the numbers. The only sure thing about the creative team members is that neither Stephanie McMahon nor Brian Gerwitz would work internationally. Gerwitz would likely become the chief writer of the USA brands, while Stephanie would hire more TV writers with Hollywood experience. Word is that the interntaionaly territories would be handled by Shane, with Vince concentrating on domestic business. This has disaster written all over it. (WO) And with that, thank you for reading another edition of Friday Night's Absurd News!